Record / E-2026-0023
Daily Beast publishes letters from White House aide Natalie Harp to Trump
Natalie Harp serves as special assistant to the president, a White House role held since January 20, 2025, after working as a 2024 campaign aide. On August 20, 2026, the Daily Beast published two letters from Harp to Trump in full, provided by author Michael Wolff, who said 2024 campaign staff gave them to him; CNN reported it had not independently confirmed the letters. The New York Times had reported in November 2024 that Harp wrote letters to Trump in 2023, and the book Regime Change, by reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, reported in August 2026 that the letters had alarmed the Secret Service.
Context
This entry is marked verified_modified because it records only the documented publication events and employment facts, with every claim attributed. The authenticity of the full published letters rests on Michael Wolff as the single providing source, CNN states it has not independently confirmed them, and the 2024 New York Times reporting and Wolff's documents may trace to overlapping campaign-staff sources. The Secret Service claim comes from the Haberman, Swan, and Wolff reporting chain, not from any Secret Service document. The August 2026 attention was amplified by partisan exchanges after Senator Jon Ossoff invoked Harp at a rally, which is political context rather than a record about her. This entry makes no characterization of any personal relationship.
Response on the record
White House spokesman Davis Ingle called Harp one of the most loyal and hardest working aides on President Trump's team, per CBS News and CNN, and called Wolff a professional scumbag and serial liar, per the Daily Beast. Harp has made no public statement on the record located at intake.
Sources
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Who is Trump aide Natalie Harp, CBS News
CBS News, Kathryn Watson, August 18, 2026
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Why I Decided to Release Natalie Harp's Unsettling Letters: Michael Wolff, Daily Beast
Daily Beast, Erkki Forster, August 20, 2026
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My Guardian and Protector: Natalie Harp letters express her devotion to Trump, CNN
CNN, Kaanita Iyer and Alayna Treene, August 21, 2026
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Natalie Harp's Letters To Trump Alarmed The Secret Service, Jonathan Swan Says, HuffPost
HuffPost, Ben Blanchet, August 18, 2026